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The 2012 Ithaca Cliffhangers Calendar
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A new fancy and colorful calendar featuring ultra-rare stills and memorabilia from some of the earliest pre-Hollywood cliffhanger serials of 1915-1918 including THE ROMANCE OF ELAINE featuring Pearl White, BEATRICE FAIRFAX, THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA, PATRIA, and THE EAGLE'S EYE, blended with additional images of their original shooting locations in Ithaca, New York. Actors pictured include Oliver Hardy in THE NEW ADVENTURES OF J. RUFUS WALLINGFORD, Warner Oland, Marguerite Snow and King Baggot in the WWI propaganda serial THE EAGLE'S EYE, Harry Fox, (inventor of the Fox Trot), Grace Darling, dancer Irene Castle, Pearl White, Jean Sothern, Howard Estabrook and Olive Thomas. Locations featured are Cayuga Lake, Stewart Park, Ludlowville Falls and the cliffs at Lucifer Falls. $19.95, with discount = about $14.95.
1912: Theodore Wharton begins making movies in Ithaca, New York.
1914: He forms Wharton, Inc. with brother Leopold. They film in Ithaca until 1919.
2005: Ithaca-made Movies is formed to preserve, restore and protect
Ithaca silent film history for future generations.
ITHACA-MADE SERIALS AND SERIES FILMS
THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA
(1916) 15 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc, for The International Film Service
The Film | Stills | Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video | Photoplay Novelization
The Exploits of Elaine
(1915) 14 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé Freres
The Film | Stills | Magazine/newspaper | Novelization
Cast/Cast of New Exploits | DVD/Video | Discussion 
The New Exploits Of Elaine
(1915) 12 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé Freres
The Film | Stills | Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video
The Romance Of Elaine
(1915) 12 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé Freres
The Film | Stills | Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video 
The New Adventures Of J. Rufus Wallingford
(1915) 14 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé Freres
The Film | Stills | Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video
BEATRICE FAIRFAX
(1916) 15 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc. for The International Film Service
The Film | Stills | Correspondence | Cast |
Complete 15-episode series on DVD
with restored picture and new musical scores
Patria
(1916) 15 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc.
for The International Film Service
The Film | Stills | Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video 
The Eagle's Eye
(1918) 20 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc.
for The International Film Service
The Film | Stills | Magazine/Newspape
Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video
The Crooked Dagger
(1919) 10 Episodes
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé
The Film | Photographs | Memorabilia | Correspondence | Cast
A Million Dollars Reward
(1920) 15 Episodes
Produced by Grossman Picture Company for Pathé
The Film | Photographs | Memorabilia | Correspondence | Cast
EXISTING ITHACA-MADE FEATURE FILMS
Football Days At Cornell
(1912) 1 reel
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company 
The Lottery Man
(1915) 5 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for F.Ray Comstock
Plot Summaries | Magazine/Newspaper | Memorabilia
Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video | Discussion 
The Black Stork
(1916) 5 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for The International Film Service,
Sold to and distributed by The Sherriot Film Co.
Plot Summaries | Magazine/Newspaper | Memorabilia
Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video | Discussion
The Great White Trail
An Epic of the Arctic
(1917) 8 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc., distributed by Wharton Releasing Co. and Foursquares
Plot Summaries | Magazine/Newspaper | Photographs | Memorabilia
Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video | Discussion 
If Women Only Knew
(1920) 5 reels
Produced by Cayuga Pictures Inc.
Plot Summaries | Magazine/Newspaper | Memorabilia
Correspondence | Cast | DVD/Video | Discussion
The Mission Of The War Chest
(1918) 1 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Monroe County NY
LOST FEATURES
The Hermit Of Lonely Gulch
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Co.
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
Dear Old Girl
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Co.
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
For Old Time's Sake
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Co.
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
The Whip Hand
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
The Way Perilous
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
Little Ned
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
The Right Of Way
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
Antoine The Fiddler
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
Sunlight
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
Love Lute Of Romany
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
Toll Of The Marshes
(1913) 2 reels
Produced by Chicago Essanay Film Company
Special Eastern Ithaca Studio
The Crusher
(1917) 6 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for F.W. Stewart Company
Below Zero
(1917) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc., distributed by Wharton Releasing Co.
The Adopted Son
(1917) 6 reels
Produced by Metro Film Corp.
The Secret Of The Storm Country
(1917) 7 reels
Produced by Norma Talmadge Corp/Selznick
Kute Kids vs.Kupid
(1918) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc., distributed by Wharton Releasing Co.
The Missionary
(1918) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc., distributed by Wharton Releasing Co.
A Romance In The Air
(1918) 5 reels
Produced by En L' Air Co.
April Fool
(1918) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc., distributed by Wharton Releasing Co.
Marriage a la Mode
(1918) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc., distributed by Wharton Releasing Co.
The Red Peril
(1919) 5 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc., distributed on State's Rights Basis
Kathleen Mavourneen
(1919) 5 reels
Produced by William Fox
Judy Of Rogues Harbor
(1919) 5 reels
Produced by
Wits vs. Wits
(1920) 5 reels
Produced by Grossman Picture Company
The Stolen Birthright
(1914) 4 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc.
A Prince of India
(1914) 4 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé
A Change Of Heart
(1914) 5 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé
The Boundary Rider
(1914) 5 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé
Pawn Of Fortune
(1914) 4 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé
The Fireman & The Girl
(1914) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé
The City
(1915) 5 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé
Hazel Kirke
(1915) 5 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for Pathé
Out Of The Drifts
(1916) 5 reels
Produced by Famous Players
The Making Of The Big Red Team
(1916) 4 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc. for The Cornell Alumni Service Dept.
A Girl of To-Day
(1917) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc.
Red Robin
(1917) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc.
A Prince for a Day
(1917) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc.
The Berma Pearl
(1917) 2 reels
Produced by Wharton Inc.
